GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, today announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of Amerisur Resources Plc. (“Amerisur”) (LON: AMER). GeoPark acquired the entire issued... Continue Reading →
Eni kicks off oil production from Agogo field offshore Angola
Italian oil and gas company Eni has started oil production from its operated Agogo field, located offshore Angola, only nine months after its discovery. Eni announced “a major oil discovery” in Block 15/06, in the Agogo exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep water in March 2019. Eni operates two FPSOs in Block 15/06, the N’Goma in West... Continue Reading →
Eni, Total Win Three Angola Blocks
Italian oil major Eni and France's Total were among the successful bidders for rights to develop three offshore blocks in Angola out of 10 auctioned late last year, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday. Eni and Total won operator rights to blocks 28 and 29 respectively in the offshore Namibe basin, while Angola's state... Continue Reading →
Tullow: No Guyana Drilling in 2020
London-listed oil company Tullow Oil will most likely not be drilling any wells offshore Guyana in 2020. In its trading update on Wednesday Tullow said it expected to report pretax impairments and exploration write-offs of around $1.5 billion. Tullow's write-offs include Jethro, Joe, and Carapa well costs in Guyana as a result of drilling results, the... Continue Reading →
WEG Approved to BP Suppliers List
Jan 14, 2020 WEG has been added to the list of approved suppliers at oil giant BP. The company is technically qualified according to BP Upstream (TQSL) to supply next generation low voltage motors. The addition to BP's list of approved suppliers is a reflection of WEG's reputation for innovation, reliability and quality in markets... Continue Reading →
Sapura Navigation begins work with Perenco in the field of Pargo
Sapura Navigation begins work with Perenco in the field of Pargo Jan 15, 2020 Press Release The PLSV Sapura Diamante, support vessel, installation and launch of flexible pipelines, began work with Perenco for subsea installation and support in the Pargo field at 00h30 last Friday. Once again, 100% of the Sapura fleet is in operation,... Continue Reading →
Tullow in $1.5B Writedown On Oil Price Outlook, Exploration
Tullow Oil expects to report a $1.5 billion writedown after lowering its long-term oil price assumptions by $10 to $65 a barrel, an announced reduction in reserves in Ghana and disappointing exploration wells, it said on Wednesday. "Tullow expects to report pretax impairments and exploration write-offs of (around) $1.5 billion (c. $1.3 billion post-tax)," it... Continue Reading →
BW Energy IPO slated for first quarter of 2020
Norwegian FPSO operator BW Offshore is targeting 1Q 2020 for the IPO and listing of its 68.6% owned exploration and production subsidiary, BW Energy. BW said on Wednesday that the IPO and listing were planned through a combination of a distribution of shares from BW Offshore and a contemplated equity raise of about $175 million.... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas industry entering new offshore investment cycle, Rystad says
A strong 2019 provided telltale signs that the industry was entering a new offshore investment cycle, Espen Erlingsen, head of upstream research at Rystad Energy has said. Erlingsen said on Tuesday that this trend was perhaps illustrated most profoundly by the rising swell of offshore project approval activity by operators in 2019. Globally, the amount... Continue Reading →
Modec sees Brazil as the best market to grow and targets big contracts
JANUARY 14, 2020 (Reuters) - With an eye on the growth potential of Brazil's oil industry with the pre-salt, Japanese giant Modec will seek to win at least one or two major platform charter contracts a year in the country, where it bets on technological development to stand out from international rivals. In an interview... Continue Reading →